This could be big… because once there is a trial it can be appealed–no matter what the outcome–all the way to the Supreme Court; and a Virginia Federal Judge has found that the State does have standing (h/t to Hot Air).

And, as Ed Morrissey points out, this is only the first of a number of State challenges. To steal an old one: this is sort of like 1000 activist judges at the bottom of the Ocean–one hell of a good start.